Protocol handling demo - Email client

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This is an email client installable app (which doesn't actually send and receive emails) meant to demonstrate the PWA protocol handling feature.

App

The demo shows a list of received emails, and a compose button that displays a panel to compose a new email when clicked.

The app can be installed on the device, and upon installation will register a protocol handler for mailto.

When a mailto link is used, the operating system should propose the installed demo app as a choice to the user to handle that link. If the user chooses this demo app, it will be launched, and the compose panel will appear, pre-filled with the email address.

The 2 interesting pieces of code here are:

• The protocol_handlers member in the manifest.
• The way protocol handling requests are detected and used in script.js.

How to test

• Open the app.
• Install the app using the App available button in the URL bar.
• Open the demo page
• Click the mailto link on that page.